It also has caramel for color, but no additional spices, ethanol or additives, as lesser liaojiu brands often have.īefore you ask! Here's why we don't offer a non-salted Shaoxing wine: The wine is 16% alcohol and includes 1.5% salt so that it can be sold as food vs wine. Shaoxing wine is made from glutinous rice and it includes wheat, because almost all Chinese sauces are brewed with a wheat-based starter (daqu fermentation). Huadiao jiu is the designation for the finest medium-dry Shaoxing wine, which was traditionally aged in earthenware crocks with etched decoration called huadiao. Guyue Longshan is one of the oldest and largest makers of Shaoxing wine and has multiple categories and brands.
It's a rich but mellow, slightly sweet and nutty wine that pairs exceptionally well with China's other frequently used sauces, particularly soy sauce (think red-braised pork belly or three-cup chicken). The city of Shaoxing has been making wine for millennia in eastern China's Zhejiang province, and its huangjiu, or yellow wine, is considered the pinnacle of the country's traditional winemaking. Shaoxing Huadiao Rice Cooking Wine is considered the best liaojiu in the supermarket. Liaojiu, or cooking wine, is an everyday, indispensable ingredient in Chinese cuisines, used in almost all dishes with meat or fish as a marinade and/or sauce component.
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